January 28, 2001
MODELL FAMILY IS PLAYING BOTH SIDES OF THE BIG GAME
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amSo your cousin and his kids live in Baltimore and they're giving you a ton of crap about the Super Bowl, stuff like, "Our team is going to beat your...
ALEXANDER'S SITE PLAN: NOW ONE TOWER, NO HOTEL
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amBUILDING TO SUIT:Vornado's big 59th Street project at the old Alexander's location will no longer have a hotel because Bloomberg wants more space.N.Y. Post: Don HalasyTHE Vornado project at the...
RELIEF FROM REGULATION : BROADCASTERS, NEWSPAPERS WILL GAIN MOST UNDER NEW FCC HEAD
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amAfter eight years of tight-handed regulation, the Federal Communications Commission is about to loosen up. Most FCC watchers agree that with the incoming Republican administration, the Commission headed by newly-tapped...
SHACKLES COMING OFF BABY BELLS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amUnder its new chairman, the FCC is also expected to ease some rules in the telecommunications industry. That means the Baby Bells will likely have an easier time offering long-distance...
UP TO 30 FIRED AT WENNER MAGS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amJANN Wenner is tightening the belt at Rolling Stone and Men's Journal, but is not slicing anyone from the money-bleeding Us Weekly. Between 20 to 30 people were fired Friday,...
TURK MOGUL PAYS A RECORD $38M FOR TRUMP SUITE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTHE mystery buyer of the penthouse apartment in Donald Trump's World Tower condominium has turned out to be Turkish billionaire Cem Uzan. He paid a record $38 million for the...
THE SAVVY SHOPPER
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amAPPARELOrchard Street Sample Sale Rivertown Lounge 187 Orchard St., off Houston Street (646) 654-0630 Sale: Feb. 3 Open: noon-5 p.m. Several hot boutiques are hosting this joint sample sale. Check...
WHAT I WATCH
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amPATRICK J. LYNCHPRESIDENT, PBAON THE RARE OCCASION I GET THE TIME TO WATCH TV, I FIND I'M NOT MUCH INTERESTED IN POLICE DRAMAS. MOSTLY, I LIKE TO WATCH THE HISTORY...
BOOK REVIEW
January 28, 2001 | 5:00am"BADGER BOY" BY ELMER KELTON FORGE PRESS 286 PAGES, $23.95 The ease with which a writer carries you away from home and the present day is one measure of his...
FROM THE GREAT DATE TO THE GREAT ESCAPE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amWhat do you do when you go on a blind date - and are disappointed at first sight? What do you say when you know from 20 paces across a...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: JAMES MARSDEN
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amJames Marsden - who was forced to hide his striking blue eyes by wearing an energy-shooting visor for his role as Cyclops in "X-Men" - is open about his preference...
WHY NEW YORK COULD USE A GOOD REP
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amWhen we go to, say, the Metropolitan Opera House or Carnegie Hall, it's usually to hear the classic scores provided by classically dead white males of the past three centuries....
BLUE MAN INC. OFF-BROADWAY HIT BECOMES A MULTIMEDIA JUGGERNAUT
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amWhen Blue Man Group debuted downtown in 1991, no one could have predicted that its offbeat performance art would grow into the multimedia phenomenon it is today. After all, the...
BLOODY GOOD SHOW: OUR DYNAMIC DUO FINDS THE BEST BLOODY MARYS IN TOWN
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amAs many a New York barkeep can tell you, letting us loose among the spirits spells trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with D and that stands for...
QUARTINO: IT'S GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amQuartino 21 Peck Slip (at Water Street) (212) 888-2288 Someone's been doctoring the food at Quartino. Three of the owners of this cozy trattoria near the South Street Seaport are...
TWEEDY BIRDS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amIf linen's the official fabric of summer, tweed is definitely its winter counterpart. Wooly tweeds of the check, twill, or herringbone variety are especially popular this season, as menswear fabrics...
BONO'S U-TURN: HE'S NOW A FILMMAKER
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amIn 1987, U2's Bono stood on the roof of the once-grand Million Dollar Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, gazing out over its decaying lip. He didn't know it then, but...
THEY PAID THEIR DUES FOR PARDONS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amFRANCISCO Chavez, a California maintenance man, just wants to become an American citizen. Douglas Borel and his brother David are mechanics from Arkansas who just want to legally go hunting...
RUSSIAN TENNIS BABE PAYS PRICE FOR FAME 'N' FORTUNE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTennis temptress Anna Kournikova claims her wealth and widespread fame are forcing her to live an isolated life with few friends. The Russian racquet star also railed against the media...
DIANA'S DEATH SPOILED EX-LOVER'S WEEKEND
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amPrincess Diana's former lover is complaining that news of her horrific death in a car crash ruined his holiday weekend plans, it was reported yesterday. Former cavalry officer James Hewitt...
MOM DIES IN BID TO RESCUE KIDS : BRONX BLAZE LEAVES 3 IN CRITICAL CONDITION
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amA Bronx mother was killed and her three children critically injured early yesterday when a fire sparked by a cigarette swept through their basement apartment, authorities said. Fire officials said...
A PORT FOR SHIPWRECKED SOULS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTHE trauma suffered by Whitney Houston and her family should be visited upon every liberal politician - past and present - who has treated emotional disorders as if they were...
SCHOOL BIDS FAREWELL TO CROSSING GUARD
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amA beloved Queens crossing guard - killed when she was hit by a school van - was remembered by friends and loved ones yesterday as an "angel on earth" who...
BUSH AT FIRST BLUSH SATISFYING ALL SIDES
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The critics agree - George Bush had a good first week as president, reaching across party lines and promoting education reform as his first big agenda item. But...
PREZ TOUTS EDUCATION PLAN
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush delivered his first radio address yesterday, touting the education-reform package he sent to Congress last week. Bush's plan would require public schools to test students, and...
NO DEAL: MIDEAST TALKS END : BUT DOOR STILL LEFT OPEN A CRACK
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Weary negotiators wrapped up marathon Israeli-Palestinian talks yesterday without an accord in place, despite saying they made "substantial progress" toward peace. Aides to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said...
RELATIVES HERE SHARE PAIN OF TRAGEDY
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amIt was almost as if New Jersey doctor Suvarna Parikh felt the massive rumble of the earthquake in her Marlboro Township home - so shaken is she by the deaths...
GATES PLEDGES $100M TO FIGHT AIDS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amBrainy billionaire Bill Gates yesterday pledged $100 million to the search for an AIDS vaccine. Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Microsoft chief challenged the rich and...
HELLUVA TRYING WEEK FOR SEN. HILL
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Call it Hillary's week of hell. It was supposed to mark her historic transformation from first lady to senator. But the furor over her husband's pardons and the...
WHITNEY STALKER RECAPTURED IN BX.
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amA psycho who has threatened to kill pop diva Whitney Houston's daughter escaped from a Bronx hospital, sparking an 11-hour manhunt that ended when the woman's sister turned her in,...
VICE COP NABBED IN HOOKER ASSAULT
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amA veteran vice cop was busted early yesterday for allegedly robbing and assaulting a prostitute before getting into a drunken smash-up while trying to run away, police said. Detective Anthony...
POWELL TACKLING TRADE-SANCTIONS MESS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell is plowing forward with his fight to dump "most" U.S. trade sanctions - a move that shocked many diplomats during his first week...
SCANDAL OF CITY'S MISSING CHILDREN
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amReports of city foster kids going AWOL have more than doubled in the past three years - with child-welfare officials unable to say how many have never been found. Last...
SUNDANCE'S BEST FILM IS A 'BELIEVER'
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amPARK CITY, Utah - "The Believer," a drama about a Nazi skinhead who's exposed as being Jewish, took the top prize at the Sundance Film Festival last night. Ryan Gosling...
2 MEN ABANDON CAPSIZING BOAT
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amA 23-foot clam boat yesterday apparently capsized and sank in rough waters in Sandy Hook Bay, dumping at least two fishermen into the sea, officials said. The Coast Guard said...
INDIA DEATH TOLL RISING :NEW ESTIMATE AT 15,000 AS TERRIFIED MASSES FLEE EARTHQUAKE'S EPICENTER
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amIn cars, Jeeps, scooters and on foot, thousands of terrified survivors yesterday fled the towns at the epicenter of India's massive earthquake as officials warned the death toll could reach...
SCHOOL-TRUANT CRACKDOWN GETS RESULTS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amThe number of city students caught playing hooky dropped 6 percent last year following a massive anti-truancy crackdown, police said. NYPD figures show that 6,387 fewer truants were picked up...
'CADILLAC' BILL'S $665G DIGS :OFFICE COSTS MORE THAN OTHER 'EXES' COMBINED
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amBill Clinton's "Cadillac" taste in office space may cost taxpayers more than they're paying for offices for the four other living ex-presidents combined, The Post has learned. There's no legal...
LEGAL HAMMER SET TO FALL ON SOTHEBY'S BOSS : FEDS CLOSE TO CHARGES OVER AUCTION SCAM
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amSotheby's owner Alfred Taubman - once head of a glittering empire with the auction house as its crown jewel - expects to be indicted in the next few weeks for...
PONY UP, HERE COME THE CHAPPAQUA HILLBILLIES
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amONCE upon a time, I went to a shotgun wedding held in a double-wide trailer down South. The invitation read, "RSVP. BYOB. And please bring a dish to pass." In...
NEW SERIES A 'SURVIVOR' OUTBACK BAND STRAIGHT OUT OF CENTRAL CASTING
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amIF all goes according to the plans hatched at CBS, by tomorrow morning their names will be floating in the air around water coolers in offices across America - Amber,...
GENE FIND IS RAY OF HOPE FOR KIDS WITH RARE ILLNESS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amNew York families with children afflicted with a rare genetic disease are cheering the discovery of the gene that causes the illness. Scientists say one in 30 Ashkenazi Jews carries...
CHARTER-SCHOOL FIRM MUST PASS THE PARENT TEST
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy's plan to let Edison Schools Inc. take over five of the city's worst schools has gotten off to a rocky start. Parents whose kids attend the...
'DEFINING' THE CLINTON LEGACY
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amJUST because everyone who ever sneezed at the White House and then said "pardon me" actually got one, that doesn't mean the Clintons are crooked. Perhaps the former president is...
BRITS SHOW HOW THE PC COOKIE CRUMBLES
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amThe gingerbread man is dead - long live the gingerbread person! In a bow to political correctness, the British supermarket chain Safeway announced it will manufacture gingerbread cookies of both...
WHAT'S IN A NAME? ; ORIGIN OF 'JINTS' MONIKER PROVING TO BE GIANT PUZZLE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amI FIGURED Allie Sherman would know, but he didn't. He figured Wellington Mara would know, but he didn't. Then I figured old-time newspaper men would know, but those I asked...
A DAUGHTER'S PLEA IS WELL ANSWERED
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amBAYONNE'S Tom Scollan, nearly 74 years old, has been a Giants ticket holder since just before World War II, then through the Polo Grounds days. By 1956, he owned 12...
STEAKS ARE HIGH AND SHULA'S PICKIN' GIANTS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Picking a winner is never easy, but here are some thoughts on Super Bowl XXXV from some of those who passed through town this week. Hall of Famer...
OH, DEER! BOW-AND-ARROW CROWD PUTTING ON NEW FACE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTHE picture of a modern deer hunter is increasingly becoming a camouflaged figure - a painted face lurking in a tree with a bow and arrow. And the growing popularity...
ADIKA HOPES NEW JOCK'S LIKE MIKE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amLittle of note has occurred so far this winter at Aqueduct. But if jocks agent Steve Adika is right about his new rider Javier Castellano, who began riding at the...
JASPERS' JUSTIN IS NO STRAIGHT JACKETTE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amJUSTIN Jackette's game could not be any different than his background and appearance. His credentials: Caucasian male residing in suburban Valhalla, attended Iona Prep where he holds the team's career...
HOKIES HANG TOUGH LOSS ON STORM : STUNNING TECH UPSET COULD KEEP SJU FROM BIG DANCE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amVirginia Tech65 St. John's59 BLACKSBURG, Va. - There are good losses, bad losses and losses that can ruin a team's post-season plans. That's the kind of loss St. John's suffered...
J.R. GIVES 'LEAKERS' CATCHY NEW SLOGAN
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amJ.R. RIDER's refusal to comply with the NBA's drug policy - and seemingly getting away with it - could lead to a whole new line of public-service promos. The league's...
WE'RE THE GOOD GUYS! : OBNOXIOUS RAVENS MAKE GIANTS LOOK ANGELIC
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Now, here's a sporting event with a twist. For the first time in recorded history, the New York team is - take deep breath here before continuing -...
RICE HAS PHIL WITH JACKSON
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amGlen Rice got his hackles up again yesterday when told Lakers coach Phil Jackson was surprised that he still holds bitterness about his L.A. days, specifically with L.A.'s unabashed attempt...
BIRDS OF A FEATHER : MORE TO RAVEN D THAN JUST BLUSTER
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amT AMPA - The Ravens have made it easy for themselves to be viewed as classic young bullies, only one Trent Dilfer interception, a few different John Fox looks or...
LEXICON WINS BIG A'S PAUMONOK
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amBack in California, Lexicon was just a cut below the best. Good enough to start in the 1999 Breeders' Cup Sprint, the 6-year-old son of Conquistador Cielo ran in six...
KONA GOLD WON'T RUN
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amKona Gold, the Eclipse Award-winning sprinter and finalist for Horse of the Year, will not run in the Palo Verdes Handicap at Santa Anita today. According to his connections, even...
WIN OR LOSE, ALL'S WELL WITH OWNER
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Win or lose tonight in Super Bowl XXXV, he will be there, the first one the Giants see as they pass through the locker room door. In good...
JINTS FANS JUST CAN'T WAIT TO DOMINATE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amAfter two weeks of turning blue in the face with anticipation, Giant fans are revved up for their super big day. "Oh, I can't wait - it's gonna be a...
BIG BLUE'S PLAN HAS A RING TO IT : GIANTS SAY TRIP'S A WASTE UNLESS THEY BRING CHAMPIONSHIP BACK FROM TAMPA
January 28, 2001 | 5:00am"We were picked to finish last in our division. It's almost like you don't think you'll be able to pass a class and you end up being valedictorian."MICHAEL STRAHAN TAMPA...
RELAX, BILL, YOUR DAY WILL COME
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Bill Parcells, who has admitted leaving the door back to the sidelines open at least a crack, blames a newspaper story speculating about his possible return to coaching...
ISRAELI ENVOY WAVES TWO BIG BLUE FLAGS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amAlon Pinkas, Israel's 39-year-old consul general in New York, is confident his beloved Big Blue are going to show chutzpah today when they face the Baltimore Ravens. "I really love...
IT'S TIME TO AX MILBURY
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTORONTO-The players don't get off the hook here, let's make that very clear from the start. There is no excuse for this Islander team to enter last night's games with...
OLYMPIC DREAM CONTINUES AT GARDEN BOUTS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amA record eight Olympians -six from the U.S. - made their pro debuts last night in The Theater at The Garden. The last time six U.S. Olympians debuted on the...
ROBBY RIPS INTO DEVILS BIG-TIME
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amOVERTIME Bruins4 Devils3 BOSTON - What really ticked off Larry Robinson was his Little Big Men. There was plenty of reason for rage. The Devils have their first losing streak...
RICK LOOKS LIKE THE REAL THING, BUT . . .
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amSabres2 Islanders1 With his NHL debut just hours away yesterday, a pumped-up Rick DiPietro was brimming with enough energy to end the power crisis in California. Portrayed as an exceedingly...
RANGERS GO SOUTH UP NORTH : THIRD STRAIGHT LOSS HURTS PLAYOFF HOPES - AND TEAM MORALE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amLeafs3 Rangers1 TORONTO - The effects of the five-game unbeaten streak the Rangers were able to string together earlier in the month have all but dissipated. The positive energy, the...
A BANNER NIGHT FOR LITTLE LOU
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amLou Carnesecca was battling the flu in mid-January of 1985 when St. John's was about to leave for a game in Pittsburgh. Mary Carnesecca had told her husband to pack...
CRAIG MADE LONG CLIMB BACK TO RING
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amWhen Dante Craig made his pro boxing debut at the Garden last night, it marked the end of a long, arduous climb through hell and back. Whenever a boxer goes...
DANTE STOPS FALLEN FOE IN PRO DEBUT
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amDante Craig has known his fair share of grief, but he got his professional boxing career - and last night's historic card at The Garden featuring six Olympians - off...
ONE LOSS LATER, ROBBY SHUFFLES
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amBOSTON - He has dabbled at breaking up his top line for shifts at a time, or periods. But last night Larry Robinson planned to do it from the start....
DIPIETRO CAN'T WAIT TO HIT ICE FOR DEBUT
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amWith his NHL debut just hours away yesterday, a pumped-up Rick DiPietro was brimming with enough energy to end the power crisis in California. Called up from the minors on...
POWERLESS TO STOP SLIDE - LOW: FAILURE WITH EXTRA MAN IS 'KILLING' RANGERS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTORONTO - The Rangers scored a power-play goal on Friday, they actually did, but when Radek Dvorak went short-side on Wade Flaherty with 32 seconds to go for the team's...
JEFF: NO LAME EXCUSES - SAYS KNICKS SHOULD BE FIRED UP FOR LAKER BATTLE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amJeff Van Gundy has heard the built-in excuses floating around the Knicks' training facility at Purchase College leading up to today's Super Bowl Sunday showdown at the Garden against the...
UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR DICK MCGUIRE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amDick McGuire turned 75 Friday - the day his brother, Al, passed away. It was a bittersweet birthday, one his family wasn't sure he'd see following hip replacement surgery in...
BUT CANTON SINGS SWANN'S SONG
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - For 15 years Lynn Swann waited, hanging even longer than he did over Mark Washington to make that Super Bowl catch of all Super Bowl catches in 1976....
CAN'T LET JERMAINE LOOSE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA -- Looking for a secret weapon, a game-turning, Super Bowl-winning player to watch out for today? Looking for the best story of this game, the most deserving player of...
LOOKIN' SHARPE: RAVENS' BIG MOUTH COMING UP WITH ALL THE BIG PLAYS
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA -- Love Shannon Sharpe or loathe him, you cannot deny his effectiveness on the football field. If you're looking for a legitimate MVP candidate for today's Super Bowl XXXV,...
AND THE WINNER IS.... BALTIMORE'S LEWIS SQUADRON CERTAIN TO SQUASH BIG BLUE
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA -- The Giants will not be so fortunate to watch a Matt Stover potential game-winning field goal sail wide right in this Super Bowl. Consequently, my home-team-adoring, Giant-loving Post...
AND THE WINNER IS ... UNIFIED, HUNGRY GIANTS WILL MAKE RAVENS EAT MAJOR CROW
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - The only thing larger than my colleague's golf score is his admiration for the AFC. This is the same Mark Cannizzaro who sincerely believed the Jets were a...
FIRE & ICE: FOX'S MANY MOODS KEEP GIANTS DEFENSE HUMMING
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA -- Ask the Giants about their defensive coordinator John Fox and you get a portrait of an intense competitor, whose emotions on game day can go from aggressive to...
ALL HANDS ON DECK: GIANT RECEIVING CORPS IS READY TO MAKE THE CRUCIAL CATCH
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - For a group of wide receivers being led into the lion's den, the Giants are pretty cool. That tells you that the Giants know this record-setting defense of...
GAME'S GOOD FOR A FEW GAFFES
January 28, 2001 | 5:00amTHINK you know all about the Super Bowl? Well, you may be betting in your office pool, you may be betting the spread, and you may even be betting the...